Hollis
Warm wine humming in my veins, I knock on Candace’s door. Father managed to schedule a parley with Soren tomorrow morning, before his meeting with Kieran, through the mind-link, and I need to warn her.
And, f**k, I want to see her. We haven’t been able to talk alone yet. She was supposed to be leaving the f*****g castle today, even though we made plans for how to still see each other, and I can’t fall asleep knowing she’s still here.
The door explodes open. Candace stares at me, hazel eyes wild. My heart jumps into high gear.
“What’s wrong?” I step inside and close the door behind me then scan the room for danger. A smaller area will be easier to defend unless the problem is already in here with us.
“My mother,” she says.
My heart skips a beat. Of all the things I expected, Ro
